The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-14
THE KOUTS HORROR.
THE FIRST REPORTS CONFIRMED.
several Bodies burned to Powdor-stato.
mentofH Pullman portsr-Not i.oss Than
NJ Twenty Persons Porlshed-Iuoxcusa.
x. bio Actions Of Railroad OH,clals. "a

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-A special dispatch 10
tho Chicago papers this morning "a to the
extent Of the Chicago 4 Atlantic horror
confirms the Associated Press reports
direct from Kouts the day Of the disaster.
Tho Inter OCEAN has particularly slgniR.
cant interview with Dr.. G. II. Mcclure,
ol Boone Grove, who with Dr.. Mckee, OF
Koute, was activs In attending the
sufferers at the wreck. "Those remains
which were recovered are Of persons who
were histlng on the seats near the win.
dow, and fell outward when the charred
frame work fell TO piecea, but those who
were sitting inside and whose remains foil
on the rails were burned to powder, and
not q veetage Of them, except perhaps q
lew pieces Of bone, would be found. The
heat between these rails was sufficient to
have calclned and destroyed all the re.
main0. In such a heat, when the charred
mass cooled. 1t would 20 to powder by
embera falling on 1t, and nothing would
ever be known Of them. ! I was told by
one Of the wrockers that he saw 4, d. ~.
LITTLE HEAPS OF HOMES :. q. Ky = Y; e
and this was corroborated by the state
menta Of others; and doubtless that was
all that remained Of those who lell be-
tween the tracks, for when heat Ia sutli.
Client to make the rails underneath red
hot, and to warp and bend them in every
conceivable shape 1t Is almost as intense
as in crematory." =! .''{{I1,' n
Mr.. Mcclure states the number burned
to death as at leaat sixteen or eighteen
OF the wounded he speaks definitely, and
bis total is oven higher than the press es-
timate. Dr.. Mcclure says: "At Mullins
Hotel, In Kouts, aftor tho accident, there
were seven ladies and ten men, making
seventeen In all. I got the name and
address OF. the lady mentioned in the
prese report as having done the most
herotc work helping others TO escape,
Here It Is: Mrs. John Wensinger, Carey,
Wyandotte county, Ohio. 'I151s''si'a 5I'
J. s. Frederick, who lives at Kouts. and
failed to got aboard the train at Hammond,
said ne knew there were over fifty passen-
gers aboard the train when 1t left Ham
mond. it5 q I F- ~ 4 Is i i, TT1@IIl
The Daily Neus has special from Wa.
bash saying: Lew Thorn, q well known
travelling man, interviewed the porter OF
the rear Pullman caron the train wrecked
at kouts. The porter stated that the
tickets IN possession Of the conductor
showed that nineteen passengers were
missing. The porter himself counted fif-
teen bodies, all burned to crisp. e; y
coNcsALINd THE TRUTH. al;'
An evening paper says: General Man.
sger Broughton was not visible at the
Office Of the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad
to-day. He had well.trained chief clerk
there to represent him, however, The
clerk could not tell whether Mr.. Brouph-
ton would be in to-day until he learnsd
the callers business. sss-,z,.
The reporter eaid: u would like to OBJ
tam an expression regarding certain rules
OF the road when one train is following
another, and which, 1t is alleged, were
violated or ignored at the Kou!s acci-
dent.n II; IN, ~. 81 - 4 |
"Ihe accident is none Of the new spa !
pers' business and none of the public's
business. II the newspapers would come
to US instead OF rushing OF to an accident
they would got the fac.s nearer right. It's
none OF their businesa any way" 55q 4
The young man was getting angry.
"Ihe public thinks it is ito business
when a lot Of people are killed, and an !
unknown number burned beyond Yecog-
milton. Nobody here yesterday would or |
did give any information abou. the acci-
dent: I'm here now for information,"
said the reporter. 5!lErsII s
The newspapers are alwaya diving in |
where they have no business. Tho ne VS..
paper men down at Kouts yesterday acted |
like lot OF fools. You don't expect Us to
ahoW, you our rules, do your SEQ that"
snatchlng up a book OF timetables and |
rulea, "printed across these are these |
words: These rules are for the GUIDANCE
and information Of employees only, and |
ere not Tor the public. The road reserves !
the right to change them at pleasure.'"
1t was impossible to obtain information
or courtesy from the clerk, bu. the one
crumb was obtained that "all the officers
are doing what they can. Thonewspapers
at their peril" It iSej's..,illT'5 q